Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The story of Jeb Stuart, his romance with Kit Carson Holliday, friendship with George Custer and battles against John Brown in the days leading up to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Where the railroad and civilization ended, the Sante Fe Trail began!
James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: What do you mean trailing us halfway across Kansas?
Windy Brody: Well, we don't want you to get lost. You see, I know every wrinkle of this here country like my own face.
James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart: Well, you should. It's just as dirty!
Lasky Mesa, West Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Sonora, California, USA
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
(location filming)
Warner Ranch, Calabasas, California, USA
The seventh of nine movies made together by Warner Brothers' romantic couple Olivia de Havilland and Errol Flynn.
Aptly enough, the movie made its world premiere in Santa Fe, NM.
Olivia de Havilland recalled that Errol Flynn behaved badly toward her on set (she was dating James Stewart and believed Flynn was jealous).
Raymond Massey starred as John Brown again in Seven Angry Men (1955), the main story of which is also the trial and hanging of the abolitionist.
Ronald Reagan got the part of George Custer on the strength of his success playing George Gipp in Knute Rockne All American (1940).
Continuity
When Jeb Stuart escapes the hanging, he fires eight shots from the stolen six-shooter.